For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSend thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
Leviticus
LawSo the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
John
Gospels / JohnFor I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHave we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins.
Exodus
LawAnd Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
Numbers
LawNeither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them.
Judges
History / SamuelFor I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
1 Samuel
HistoryWere they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job
Wisdom / JobWe roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Psalms
PoetryFor the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Leviticus
LawThen called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.